Brandon Hill named starting quarterback for Monmouth football team

5:21 PM,
Aug. 20, 2013

Brandon Hill was named starting quarterback for Monmouth University on Tuesday.

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When Brandon Hill began looking for a place to hang his helmet last spring, all he wanted was an opportunity to play.

He officially got his chance Tuesday when Monmouth University football coach Kevin Callahan named him the Hawks starting quarterback, some eight days before the team travels to Bozeman, Mont., to face Montana State, No. 2 in the FCS preseason poll.

Hill, a junior transfer from University of Massachusetts, where he played in five games as a redshirt freshman, including three starts, takes over for Kyle Frazier, a four-year starter for the Hawks. ...